Dell OptiPlex 980

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.7% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 980
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 980 (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20101103
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 28 '17 at 21:22
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 860-$339 51,451 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 94 1-Core 83.7 2-Core 159 68% 112 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 374 43% 334 Pts	64-Core 375 23% 375 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% PNY(196E 1117) 2GB CLim: 857 MHz, MLim: 280 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	3.7% Terrible	Lighting 4.63 Reflection 5.69 Parallax 3.62 4% 4.65 fps	MRender 4.71 Gravity 4.9 Splatting 3.65 4% 4.42 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.7% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 862GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 124 124 12897026233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 335 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 22 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6090 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 252 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 431 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 431 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 197569609770 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 22 (C5) Current pending sector count 72 72 696 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 62	91.3% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 140 Mixed 158 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.2 84% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 107%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 436GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 178 5491 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6212 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13431 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3163 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 515 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6212 (C2) HDA temperature 115 99 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	36.9% Below average	Read 74 Write 54.4 Mixed 53.4 45% 60.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.26 82% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 463GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 198 178 5058 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8810 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10864 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4922 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 92 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8810 (C2) HDA temperature 102 97 48 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.3% Average	Read 82.9 Write 70.9 Mixed 76.9 58% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.39 114% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown LIFETIMEMEMORY.COM 80AD000080AD HMT125U6TFR8C-H9 80AD000080AD HMT125U6TFR8C-H9 873E0000873E LIFETIMEMEMORY.COM 12GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.6% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 12.7 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 12.6 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns

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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 59%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 980

CPU
Core i7 870Intel $100Bench 66%, 37,228 samples	228x
Core i5 650Intel $70Bench 46%, 42,063 samples	222x
Core i7 860Intel $339Bench 64%, 51,451 samples	194x

GPU
Radeon HD 4550ATIBench 1%, 3,005 samples	72x
HD Graphics (Clarkdale 0.733/0.9 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 20,588 samples	71x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	69x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	34x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	19x
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	13x

RAM
M378B5273CH0-CH9 2x4GBUnknownBench 37%, 202 samples	16x
M378B5673FH0-CH9 4x2GBUnknownBench 36%, 633 samples	15x
KP223C-ELD 4x2GBUnknownBench 35%, 110 samples	15x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $128

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16